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Baron von Marlon
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Nice - I have serious workshop envy!
sowen said:
Sure are plans to run it on there mate, thought it would be a great idea to kick it over occasionally and give it a Rev; especially after a few beers. neighbours would love it!
They do just slide in and the weight of the shell is sufficient to keep her all in place. If moving over any serious distance we'd probably just drill and tap a hole so a bolt could be threaded into the Sill mount, but I don't expect to be doing that.
GRTV8 said:
Conveniently the original bonnet has a fire sized paint burn in it that will have to be removed as it will never be paintable.
This occured when my younger brother came home into the driveway one day quite distressed telling me about how the engine back fired and caught fire. I know this occured because A: the fuel pressure regulator was on 4 instead of 3 and B: he had trod on the accelerator taking off. At the time it had a foam filter which ignited and caused the sound deadener under the bonnet to get a little warm
This will likely give way to an Alfa GTV6 style power bulge!
Re: Sure does fill the hole!
You are my new internet hero this week
Looking at that the issues you have are the exhaust manifold downpipe flanges being in the way and the front ancillaries and oil filter hanging down either side where the crossmember sits. If all of those were to be removed would it drop down sufficiently to be hidden under the standard bonnet? The overall height looks very low, so again I'd guess you're target is not to drop the crankshaft pulley right down into the bottom of the crossmember? My idea would be a clever re-arranging of the ancillaries up front, maybe sitting them forwards ahead of the engine if there's enough space maybe on a crankshaft pulley extension and get it done :twisted:
MADPOM said:1UZ suspended in mid air. Quite probably the front cross member willl need "modification"
You are my new internet hero this week
Looking at that the issues you have are the exhaust manifold downpipe flanges being in the way and the front ancillaries and oil filter hanging down either side where the crossmember sits. If all of those were to be removed would it drop down sufficiently to be hidden under the standard bonnet? The overall height looks very low, so again I'd guess you're target is not to drop the crankshaft pulley right down into the bottom of the crossmember? My idea would be a clever re-arranging of the ancillaries up front, maybe sitting them forwards ahead of the engine if there's enough space maybe on a crankshaft pulley extension and get it done :twisted:
MADPOM said:At this stage we are invetigating modifying or replacing the crossmember, but we'll see once we drop the headers and engine mounts off!
If the Lexus V8 could be made to fit with nothing more than some minor adaptation to mounts etc, no structural stuff, then hopefully more will follow
The promised top down shot
The next shot has the 1UZ exhaust manifolds and engine mounts removed.
the engine can come forward about 50mm, so next task is to move engine forward a little and determine whether Alternator and AC compressor can clear the cross member.
If it can't then there will some massaging to the cross member; which may ensure this is a one off installation for some time
The next shot has the 1UZ exhaust manifolds and engine mounts removed.
the engine can come forward about 50mm, so next task is to move engine forward a little and determine whether Alternator and AC compressor can clear the cross member.
If it can't then there will some massaging to the cross member; which may ensure this is a one off installation for some time
Baron von Marlon
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That looks a bit tight! I'll be honest, I thought there'd be a bit more room around it than that.
